Omnibus 20 UDO Text Amendment

At a glance

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What: Omnibus 20 (case TC260003), a routine bundle of technical corrections and updates to 10 articles of the Unified Development Ordinance, driven largely by new state legislation.
Where it stands: the Planning Commission recommended approval 8 to 1 on 2026-10-13 and sent it to the governing bodies.
Next: staff said it would check the interpretation language with the city attorney's office and look at notifying renters; City Council action is still to come.

Staff (Robin Schultz) said the state budget act changed appeals of administrative decisions and removed the city's ability to require permits for most home-based businesses, and a regulatory reform act limits the glazing (window) share local governments can require on commercial and multifamily buildings.
Requests to the planning and development director for broad interpretations are replaced by site-specific "official interpretations", which can be appealed through the administrative decision process.

Two public speakers said the draft narrows the existing notice, appeal and record-keeping provisions (section 3.1.5) more than state law requires, and asked for a one-cycle continuance.
Staff said the intent was not to reduce notice or records and committed to double-check with the city attorney's office.
Vice Chair Cameron asked for renters (not only owners) to receive article 3 notices; staff said it would look into adding that. The chair also asked whether article 5 should say "hens" rather than "domestic chickens"; staff said it could be changed.

Commissioner Clemens moved to postpone to the 2026-11-10 meeting; the motion died for lack of a second. Commissioner Chicowski spoke against delay, citing the cost of moving slowly.
Favorable recommendation (moved by Vice Chair Cameron, seconded by Commissioner Bailey): passed 8 to 1.

About 19 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-13 - Planning Commission	19

2026-10-13 - Planning Commission - Public hearing with two speakers worried about narrowed notice rights; postponement motion failed for want of a second; favorable recommendation passed 8 to 1.